Abstract: Of late, food safety incidents arose one after another in our country. An important reason was lack of moral subjectivity of Chinese citizens, for lack of subjectivity led to moral indifference which in turn exacerbated the numerous food safety problems. Chinese citizens lack of moral subjectivity results from many factors. It is urgent to develop their moral subjectivity from such aspects as effective construction of social system in the new era, critical absorption of Chinese and Western cultural resources, and shaping a fair and just social environment.